Cancer Screening: Theory and Practice: 18 (Basic and Clinical Oncology) - Hardcover

Book 8 of 9: Basic and Clinical Oncology
 
9780824702007: Cancer Screening: Theory and Practice: 18 (Basic and Clinical Oncology)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 082470200X ISBN 13: 9780824702007
Publisher: CRC Press, 1999

Synopsis

This useful reference provides solid knowledge of the risks and benefits associated with the cancer screening process, assesses abnormal results and therapeutic outcomes, and facilitates the communication of these issues to patients.
Describes screening tests from individual, health care, ethical, legal, and regulatory perpectives!
Gathering insights from over 35 international experts in the field, Cancer Screening

  • details the screening procedures available for a wide variety of cancers
  • offers a practical approach to screening implementation for a number of cancer sites
  • discusses the explicit methodology of judging screening tests
  • reports screening recommendations from various organizations
  • analyzes the strengths and hazards of current screening procedures as well as the quality of supporting evidence
  • appraises the utility of screening tests versus other health care strategies
  • presents a basis for judging future screening technologies such as genetic testing
  • and more!
    Including over 1300 references, tables, and figures, Cancer Screening is an indispensable guide for basic and clinical oncologists, internists and family practitioners, gynecologists, public health physicians, health policy specialists, health economists, health educators, prevention and early detection advocates, epidemiologists, biometricians, statisticians, and medical school and graduate students in these disciplines.

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    About the Author

    Barnett S. Kramer (Edited by) , John K. Gohagan (National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA) (Edited by) , Philip C. Prorok (National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA) (Edited by)

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    Publisher
    CRC Press
    Publication date
    1999
    Language
    English
    ISBN 10 
    082470200X
    ISBN 13 
    9780824702007
    Binding
    Hardcover
    Edition number
    1
    Number of pages
    650
    Editor
    Kramer Barnett S., Gohagan John K., Prorok Philip C.